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Definitions
1. to surpass all others of its kind before and since
2. to have neither predecessors nor successors
Components
前无古人
qián wú gǔ rén
–
unprecedented
后
hòu
–
back
无
wú
–
not to have
来
lái
–
to come
者
zhě
–
(after a verb or adjective) one who (is) ...